Recoil apparatus for ordnance.



D. L. BELL.

aEcolL APPARATUS FOR oRDNANcE.

APPLICAUON FILED AUG-6| i917.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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,jg SAT DANIEL L. BELL, 0F POLLOK SETTLEMENT, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

RECOIL APPARATUS FOR ORDNANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 17, 191s'.

Application filed August 6, 1917. Serial No. 184,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL LowERY BELL, a citizen of the Dominion of NewZealand, and residin at Pollok Settlement, Auckland, in the rovincialDistrict of Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Recoil Apparatus for Ordnance, ofwhich the following is a specifica-tion.

rlhis invention relates to means for arresting the recoil of ordnancesuch as cannons of all descriptions, which recoil after being dischargedand require to be restored automatically to their firing position.

This invention consists of improved means for arresting the recoil ofcannons and the like, and comprises front and rear guide blocks fixedto, or integral with the gun carriage and on each side of the cannon.Guide rods extend from the front guide blocks, pass through the rearguide blocks, and are provided with coil springs at the front and backof the rear guide blocks.

The cannon has integral front and rear lugs slidable on the guide rods.

The drawings herewith illustrate the in- Vention and will now bereferred to for the purposes of a detailed description F igure 1, is asectional View on line of Fig. 2,

Fig. 2, is aplan showing an embodiment of the apparatus, and

F ig. 3, is a cross sectional view on line 3-3, Fig. 1.

The front guide blocks 4, intermediate guide blocks 5, and rear guideblocks 6 are integral with the gun carriage 7, which may be of anysuitable construction. Guide rods 8 extend from the front guide blocks 4and pass through he intermediate and rear guide blocks 5 and 6.

The cannon 9 has integral front crossheads or lugs l0 and similar rearlugs 11.

The lugs 10 and 11 are slidable with the cannon on the rods 8, and saidrods act as guides for the cannon during recoil and return.

Coil springs 12, 13 and 14 are located on the rods 8,the springs 12being in compression between the lugs 10 and washers 15 movable on thesaid rods S, the springs 13 being in compression between the washers 15and the guide blocks 5, and the springs 14 being in compression betweenthe lugs 11 and the guide blocks 6.

The shock of discharge of the cannon is absorbed by the springs 1.2. 13and 14, which afterward return the cannon to the firing position withthe lugs l0 and 1l resting against the guide blocks 5 and 4respectively.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is 1; In an apparatus of the class described a aun carriageprovided with two front guide blocks arranged opposite each other, tworear guide blocks arranged opposite each other7 and two intermediatel@guide blocks arranged opposite each other, rods carried by said ,guideblocks, a cannon provided with front and rear lugs` which are slidablymounted on the rods and guided thereby, washers slidably mounted on therods between the front lugs and intermediate guide blocks, coil springslocated on the rods between the front lugs and washers and between thewashers and intermediate guide blocks. and other coil springs mounted onthe rods between the rear lugs and rear guide blocks.

2. The herein-described recoil apparatus, comprisinea cannon havingintegral front and rear lugs fixed thereto, a gun carriage haringintegral front, intermedia-te and rear guide blocks, stationary rodspassing through the lugs and guide blocks, springs located on the rodsand between the rear guide blocks and the rear lugs and other springslocated on the said rods between the forward lugs and intermediate guideblocks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two witnesses.

D. L. BELL. Witnesses:

D. A. MGCONNELL,

M. HUNT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patenti. Washington, D. C.

